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Thursday, June 23, 2011

"Libya war has cost UK at least £200m"

At a time when we're told that the country is broke because 'Gordon Brown spent all the money'.

What a surprise that this not-so-expensive, ‘humanitarian’ war of 'liberation' hasn’t turned out as its supporters said it would. Well, not really a surprise. But how on earth did some on the left fall for it, knowing full well the lies that were told prior to the military interventions against Yugoslavia and Iraq?

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Defense officials told Fox News that U.S. combat operations in Libya will far exceed the projected cost of $750 million (£470m) through September 2011 that Gates announced last month. Officials say that by mid-May the U.S. taxpayer had already spent $664 million and there is concern operations could cost more than $40 million for each additional month.

Many UK and European media sources have pointed out the presence and influence of Al-Qaeda among the Libyan rebel forces, but the American media narrative is that it's a mere "flicker"

I know you don't like this war, you didn't like Operation Iraqi Freedom, you didn't like war in the Balkans. Are you a pacifist, or is there a war in your lifetime you consider to be just?

You ask: "I know you don't like this war, you didn't like Operation Iraqi Freedom, you didn't like war in the Balkans. Are you a pacifist, or is there a war in your lifetime you consider to be just?".

Yes, there's two I'd consider just. One is World War Two. Please see here:http://neilclark66.blogspot.com/2009/09/world-war-two-just-war.html

the other was the military action to regain the Falkland Islands: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/neil-clark-back-then-british-military-action-was-legal-and-jus/story-e6frg6zo-1111113264429

Both cases were about resisting aggression and defending national sovereignty.

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About Me

I am a journalist, writer & broadcaster, based in the U.K. I am a regular pundit on foreign/current affairs on RT , Voice of Russia and the BBC.
I am the author of 'Stranger than Fiction', a new biography of Edgar Wallace, which is available here http://goo.gl/o2cZze
I am a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines in UK & overseas including The Guardian, The Week, Morning Star, Daily & Sunday Express, The Mail on Sunday & The Spectator.
My work has also appeared in The Fleet Street Letter, The Huffington Post, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Australian and in publications as diverse as The American Conservative, Pravda, Woman's Weekly & the Racing Post.
I am strongly opposed to the neo-conservative war agenda -and believe in the urgent necessity of a left-right anti-war coalition.
On domestic issues I support re-nationalisation of the railways and public utilities (I am co-founder of The Campaign for Public Ownership), a new top rate of tax on the very wealthy, free care for the elderly, a free National Health Service including the restoration of NHS dentistry, and protection of the Green Belt and the countryside.
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